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...of striving to live in right relationship with all creation. OUR VISION: Canticle of Creation Center: An Earth Sanctuary of Solitude and Study OUR MISSION: Honoring our Franciscan heritage that...
Sister Mary Gregoria Rush, OSF
Sister Mary Gregoria (Mary Catherine) Rush died Saturday, November 16, 2019 at the age of 88. Mary Catherine Rush was born January 21, 1931 at seven months gestation to John...
Sister Dolores Ullrich, OSF
...Sister Community while working and watching the Sisters she lived with. She said she was drawn by the life of service and commitment that she saw in the Sisters. Dolores...
Sister Lois Tilkes, OSF
...commercial dishwasher, little storage space, minimal cooler capacity, and never enough counter space. Sister Lois once commented, “I enjoy cooking and providing meals for the people who come to the...
DBQ Franciscan Associate Honored with Governor’s Award
Dubuque Franciscan Associate Father George Karnik received the Iowa Governor’s Volunteer Award for his ministry to those imprisoned or jailed on October 31, 2019. From 1974-1999, Father George annually led...
Sister Mary Merici Oehrlein, OSF
Sister Mary Merici (Elizabeth) Oehrlein, OSF, 106, of Dubuque, died December 7, 2019, at Clare House. Michael Anton Oehrlein came to America from Bavaria, Germany, in 1900 to become a...
DBQ Franciscans Install 2,600 Solar Panels
Construction is complete on the Dubuque Franciscans solar panel project. The 2,600 solar panels will power Clare House at Mount St. Francis Center. “In 1988, we converted about 80 acres...
Sister Antonita Soppe, OSF
Sister Antonita (Modesta) Soppe, OSF, 104, died on Thursday, January 24, 2019. Modesta Soppe was born in Worthington, Iowa, on March 28, 1914, the third of fifteen children born to...
Sisters Launch Kindness: Get in the Habit Campaign
...Congregation of the Humility of Mary, Sisters of St. Francis-Dubuque, Sisters of the Visitation, Our Lady of the Mississippi Abbey and the Carmelite Nuns. Find us on Facebook atwww.facebook.com/catholicsisters. ###...
Canticle of Creation Centers Offers Wellness Series
...National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium, Lutheran Services in Iowa, Inc. of Dubuque, and Crescent Community Health Center. All events are from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Zoom: Monday,...
